How to Do a Crouch Start - Sprint Technique for Faster Starts — Transcript

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1. 0:05[Music]
2. 0:13in this video we're going to have a look
3. 0:16at how to do a crowd start generally
4. 0:19these are used by youngsters when they
5. 0:20start in athletics but can be used by
6. 0:22athletes of all ages initially we need
7. 0:25to work out which way round we're going
8. 0:27to have our feet generally the foot that
9. 0:31we like to kick a ball with will be our
10. 0:33back foot and the other one our stance
11. 0:36foot will be the front foot put the
12. 0:40front foot just behind the line and
13. 0:42measure back one and a half foot lengths
14. 0:45once we have the front foot one and a
15. 0:48half foot lengths back from the starting
16. 0:49line we then keep it where it is we
17. 0:52kneel down so that the other knee is
18. 0:54side-by-side with the front foot with a
19. 0:56small gap in between curl the back toe
20. 0:58under on the back foot so that we get as
21. 1:01many of our spikes into the track as
22. 1:03possible place our hands just over
23. 1:05shoulder width apart on the floor just
24. 1:08behind the starting line resting on our
25. 1:10fingers
26. 1:11this creates a good starting position so
27. 1:13that when we go into the set on the
28. 1:15order of the starter all we have to do
29. 1:17is keep our arms upright and raise up
30. 1:19until we get a right angle at the front
31. 1:22knee the placement of the back foot in a
32. 1:25crowd start is slightly further forward
33. 1:27than in a block start this is because we
34. 1:30need to make sure that we have the
35. 1:32appropriate angles for the surface we're
36. 1:34pushing against with a block start
37. 1:36clearly being on an incline with the
38. 1:39foot slightly further forward ie with
39. 1:41the toes and knee lined up we get the
40. 1:45optimal angle to push against the floor
41. 1:48in order to start quickly here we have a
42. 1:52few demonstrations of athletes running
43. 1:54from blocks they are only included to
44. 1:57demonstrate some of the technical points
45. 1:59we actually want to use when we're doing
46. 2:01a crowd start as well
47. 2:03it is worth noting that in the on your
48. 2:07marks and set position we want to make
49. 2:09sure that our head stays down and
50. 2:12relaxed on our shoulders and that our
51. 2:16back is straight this allows for maximum
52. 2:19force to have be applied into the ground
53. 2:21the big arch in our back or sticking our
54. 2:24head up to see where we were going will
55. 2:26create tensions and weakness that will
56. 2:28not help us to start as fast as we
57. 2:30possibly can
58. 2:31when the starter fires his gun we drive
59. 2:34the arms hard and push against the floor
60. 2:37with our legs the idea in the first few
61. 2:39strides is to push hard whilst gradually
62. 2:42bringing our body upright on each step
63. 2:45we are looking for our foot to land
64. 2:47behind our hips so that we are always
65. 2:50pushing against something to drive our
66. 2:52body forwards after about three to four
67. 2:55strides we should be in a full running
68. 2:57action even if we are still leaning
69. 2:59forwards a bit we will look at the
70. 3:02mechanics of what we do in the first few
71. 3:05steps in future videos thanks for
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